Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back the timeline on his promise to find the cause of autism spectrum disorder. Kennedy said during an ...

Taken together, our findings show that autism and ADHD have converged in social media discourse. This illustrates a broader ...

Charities said it was unacceptable that the equivalent of the population of Luton or Portsmouth was now experiencing a ...

For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s promise for "pulling back the curtain" to find autism's causes in ...

Federal health officials didn’t provide information about how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.

Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new research from York University shows that how young adults—and potentially children—grasp objects could ...

The National Institutes of Health is gathering private medical records from federal and commercial databases to utilize in its renewed study of autism spectrum disorder. The intention is to provid ...

focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD. ASD was ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication ...

Autism diagnoses among 8-year-olds saw a slight uptick from 2020 to 2022, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, published Tuesday in the CDC’s ...

Kennedy’s recent pledge to find the cause of autism spectrum disorder. Kennedy promised to launch a “massive testing and research effort” on Thursday to figure out what has caused the ...

The Endocrine Society expressed disappointment over the Trump administration's decision not to implement a proposal that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity medications.